Probably not. If all goes right, i'll be working for the Federal Government (State Department, specifically), which never pays well, but i'll have sky-high job security and great benefits, so my relatively lower income (compared to if i pursued an equally ambitious career in the private sector) would be tweaked somewhat, because more of that would be disposable (like if i get into the Foreign Service. Average starting salary is around 35,000, but that's 35,000 you get to keep for the most part, outside of taxes, because they'll give you strong food, medical, and housing allowances on top of that)